From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id CF331382BAE; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:44:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from sa-prd-fep-040.btinternet.com (mailomta12-sa.btinternet.com [213.120.69.18]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 817CF3829E8 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:44:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from sa-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.38.5]) by sa-prd-fep-040.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20210210204434.ZDLV29410.sa-prd-fep-040.btinternet.com@sa-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net> for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:44:34 +0000 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=mike.ray@btinternet.com X-SNCR-Rigid: 5ED9AA6E2680A2D0 X-Originating-IP: [86.137.159.87] X-OWM-Source-IP: 86.137.159.87 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: mike.ray@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=59/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrheejgddufeejucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuueftkffvkffujffvgffngfevqffopdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddunecuogfuuhhsphgvtghtffhomhgrihhnucdlgeelmdenfghrlhcuvffnffculddutddmnecujfgurheprhfufhfvhffkffgfgggjtgfgsehtkeertddtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpefoihhkvgcutfgrhicuoehmihhkvgesrhgrshhpsggvrhhrhihvihdrohhrgheqnecuggftrfgrthhtvghrnhepffduvdejtdevvddtieeffeeugfekffelgfehudeggeeggfdtgfekvdethfeijeffnecuffhomhgrihhnpehgihhthhhusgdrihhopdgvhigvshhfrhgvvghlihhnuhigrdhnihhnjhgrpdhrrghsphgsvghrrhihvhhirdhorhhgnecukfhppeekiedrudefjedrudehledrkeejnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddtrdefngdpihhnvghtpeekiedrudefjedrudehledrkeejpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoehmihhkvgesrhgrshhpsggvrhhrhihvihdrohhrghequceuqfffjgepkeeukffvoffkoffgpdhrtghpthhtohepoehsphgvrghkuhhpsehlihhnuhigqdhsphgvrghkuhhprdhorhhgqe X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 59 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.0.3] (86.137.159.87) by sa-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.340) (authenticated as mike.ray@btinternet.com) id 5ED9AA6E2680A2D0 for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:44:34 +0000 Reply-To: mike@raspberryvi.org Subject: Re: Speakup and Linux Smart Watches References: <1350da8d-032f-a6a5-80cf-ed43534797e5@raspberryvi.org> To: speakup@linux-speakup.org From: Mike Ray Message-ID: <6d15c3cc-467b-47a4-6feb-306bbcbcc821@raspberryvi.org> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 20:44:35 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 List-Id: IMHO there is nothing poor about eSpeak. It is the single best thing that ever happened to computer accessibility bar none. On 10/02/2021 20:41, Karen Lewellen wrote: > and where would the smart watch quality speech come from? > Software speech in Linux remains rather poor. > > > > On Wed, 10 Feb 2021, Mike Ray wrote: > >> >> >> Why would a Linux smart watch be running a tty? >> >> >> >> >> On 10/02/2021 14:38, Martin McCormick wrote: >>> I've been looking for an inexpensive talking watch that doesn't >>> fall apart in 3 months and noticed that various entities are >>> trying to make linux-based smart watches.  This might be a >>> perfect platform on which to run a speakup instance. >>> >>>     One concept idea I read about used an ARM-based processor >>> like the raspberry Pi and even was supposed to support WiFi. >>> >>>     If one needed 8 talking timers with each one playing a >>> different tune when it timed out, you might have to write the app >>> yourself, but the only limitation would be your imagination and >>> available RAM.  If next week, you only needed one talking timer >>> but this timer should announce it's time at 2 minutes, 2 minutes >>> 37 seconds and finally 3 minutes and 27 seconds, you zap the 8 >>> talking timers >>> and upload your new special talking timer executable. >>> >>>     The WiFi would let your  watch keep itself set via ntpd. >>> After all, it's a watch and the linux is the power tool that lets >>> you leap tall buildings at a single bound. >>> >>>     Has anybody done this already and, if so, what platform >>> does it run on? >>> >>>     The concept idea I read that used the ARM was written >>> over a year ago and, as far as I know, is still only a concept. >>> >>> Martin McCormick >>> >> >> >> --  >> Michael A. Ray >> Analyst/Programmer >> Witley, Surrey, South-east UK >> >> "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when >> there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery >> >> >> https://cromarty.github.io/ >> http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ >> http://www.raspberryvi.org/ >> >> >> >> > -- Michael A. Ray Analyst/Programmer Witley, Surrey, South-east UK "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery https://cromarty.github.io/ http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ http://www.raspberryvi.org/